The Wrestlers

Details

Glyn Warren Philpot, R.A. (1884-1937)
The Wrestlers
numbered '6/8' (on the base)
bronze with a black patina
6 in. (15.2 cm.) high
Conceived circa 1905-10 and cast circa 1968.

Provenance

with Fine Art Society, London, where purchased by the present owner in November 1991.

Literature

R. Gibson, exhibition catalogue, Glyn Philpot 1884-1937: Edwardian Aesthete to Thirties Modernist, London, National Portrait Gallery, 1984, p. 116, another cast illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Glyn Philpot 1884-1937: The Bronzes, London, Leighton House, no. 1, another cast illustrated.

Exhibited

London, National Portrait Gallery, Glyn Philpot 1884-1937: Edwardian Aesthete to Thirties Modernist, November 1984 - February 1985, no. 115, another cast exhibited.
London, Leighton House, Glyn Philpot 1884-1937: The Bronzes, June - July 1986, no. 1, another cast exhibited.
London, Fine Art Society, Glyn Philpot, November 1997 - January 1998, no. 64, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to Chichester, Pallant House Gallery, February - March 1998.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

'An early photograph of Philpot in his studio at 14A Cheyne row, which he rented from 1906 to 1909, shows him holding a plaster cast of this work, the original title of which is unknown. Although The Wrestlers is probably Philpot's first attempt at sculpture, it is accomplished in both conception and execution, and it is possible that the anatomically-correct detailing resulted from occasional visits by Philpot to wrestling matches' (see exhibition catalogue, Glyn Philpot 1884-1937: The Bronzes, Leighton House, London, 1986, p. 4).

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